Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Heritage) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to a dissenting climate change report tabled in parliament today by four government members that states:

Here, we have a captain of industry (Rupert Murdoch), who, by his own admission is not a scientist, quoted regarding his view on anthropogenic global warming and the need to take action …

And:

This exemplifies the more general problem that most of the public statements that promote the dangerous human warming scare are made from a position of ignorance ...

Does the Prime Minister agree with his four government members—the members for Tangney, Lindsay, Hughes and Solomon—that Rupert Murdoch’s statements are made from a position of ignorance?

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister is not required to comment on other members of the parliamentary party. But if he chooses to answer the question, I call the Prime Minister.

John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

No, I do not agree with their views.